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Tapmatic Collet Needed

Hi, I just bought a used Tapmatic 30-X tapping head and it only came with the smaller of the two collets that were orig...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by planet10
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by planet10

What motor to get for my Craftsman lathe 12x36

The motor on my newly acquired lathe doesn't look good to me. wires hanging out, the cover for the fan is gone things l...
24 comments posted 19yrs
posted by pmaston
24 comments posted 19yrs posted by pmaston

Made in America?

I was talking to a friend who runs an unfinished furniture store, featuring "Made in US" products. He told me that a fr...
20 comments posted 19yrs
posted by nospam
20 comments posted 19yrs posted by nospam

Cerablanket for brazin and oter i-temp diddlin

http://www.thermalceramics.com/upload/pdf/514-205.pdf Cerablanket Cerablanket is produced from exceptionally pure oxide...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ohland
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by ohland

On-Topic But Potentially Questionable Content?

Forgive me if this is inappropriate... I don't think it is, but some folks are sensitive to anything that looks like a...
16 comments posted 19yrs
posted by bob
16 comments posted 19yrs posted by bob

Airbus big secret

Will it ever come out that the idiotic move by the European community dictating the removal of lead from solder, and th...
19 comments posted 19yrs
posted by Waynelund
19 comments posted 19yrs posted by Waynelund

Steamboating this weekend

--For those who can get there the fun begins tomorrow in the California Delta just off Hwy 12 where it intersects the M...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by steamer
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by steamer

What is it? CXCIX

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/ Rob
27 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rhvp67
27 comments posted 19yrs posted by rhvp67

Loctite Disolver ?

I just realized this is a good post for this group! Today I almost destroyed a nice stepper motor trying to remove a ge...
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by pogo
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by pogo

Motor wiring help

Electrical is a big weak point for me... I think I can do what I want with this, but maybe somebody can take a look and...
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by dpdphoto
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by dpdphoto

thanks Scott Logan

just wanted to say thanks to Scott Logan for his help with some lathe parts I needed. They arrived today and I installed...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by monkers
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by monkers

Carbon fiber fabric for heat shield?

I'm looking for something that will not transfer heat very well so something can be brazed on it without significant hea...
13 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ohland
13 comments posted 19yrs posted by ohland

Electric cars

I have a Jack & Heintz R1 400 amp aircraft generator. I'm going to the Delta steamboat meet near Rio Vista Ca. this wee...
9 comments posted 19yrs
posted by engineman1
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by engineman1